The LA Times has an article that describes the burden of the Nobel Prize. Right away, DNC had to counterspin the news to show Obammy as feared ruler. Second paragraph hints at how the award could damage US diplomacy (what measures to avoid "Mission Accomplished" syndrome?) and negotiation flexibility. The rest suggests how the GOP could counterspin. In short, a burden.
... some in Obama's party saw dangers. Underscoring concern that the award might fuel criticism that Obama is too accommodating, the Democratic National Committee issued a news release designed to show that the president is still reviled by America's foes. It showcased comments from the Taliban condemning the award as "unjust," and from Hamas calling it "too early."
If Obama failed to make headway on his agenda, some Democrats said, the award could also come to be seen as the equivalent of the "Mission Accomplished" banner unfurled on an aircraft carrier for a speech by Bush shortly after the fall of Baghdad in 2003.
Joe Trippi, a Democratic strategist, said that if the job market remained sour, he expected to see the Nobel medallion featured prominently in GOP attack ads with such lines as: "He got a Nobel Prize. What did you get? A pink slip."
"Either the economy is going, and this won't matter, or this will be another tool in the Republicans' arsenal to accuse the president of not doing enough," Trippi said.
full article at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nobel-assess10-2009oct10,0,7362046.story
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